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Germany’s railway system was brought to a halt, leaving some passengers stranded across the country due to an IT issue.

Vladimir Putin says Russia is ready for peace talks with Ukraine after strikes on its infrastructure led to fuel shortages.

A police officer has been killed in a shooting at a hotel in Canada that also left a civilian and a suspected gunman dead.

Michael Bloomberg has pledged $260m (£196m) to conserve the world’s oceans, as major funders including the US and UK scale back science and conservation budgets.

Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has been handed a four-year suspension after she refused an anti-doping test.

Alan Greenspan, the longtime head of the Federal Reserve and influential economist, has died aged 100.

Three people are dead and seven more injured after a school shooting in the Philippines.

Dozens of drones were shot down as they headed for Moscow overnight, while six people were killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine.

Eighteen people are missing and more than 50 people are injured after an explosion at a key Qatar gas facility previously targeted by Iranian strikes.